Improvement in car-couplings



VMBETSEY ANN WORDEN.

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

No, 126,122, v Patented'April23,i872..

Yi'elnaduew. fmen/art UNITED STATES ATENT QFFICE.

BETSEY ANN WORDEN, OF SCBANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,122, dated April23, 1872.

Specification describing a certain Improvement in AutomaticGar-Couplings, invented by BETSEY ANN WORDEN, of Scranton, Luzernecounty, Pennsylvania.

This invention relates to that class of automatic car-couplings whosegreat merit is that they do not endanger human life. The inventionconsists in the combination of an elastic curved arm extending forwardfrom the end ofa car, and so constructed as to uphold the outer end of achain or link whose inner end is attached to the car beneath the saidarm, the principle being that when the arm aforesaid is struck by anapproaching car the chain or link is disengaged by the concussion, andfalls upon a hook attached to said approaching car, thus coupling itwith the car to which the chain is secured.

Figure l is a perspective View, and Fig. 2 a side elevation.

a is the elastic arm aforesaid, the same being attached at one extremityto the end of a car, I), in any sufficient manner, and extending outwardto any suitable distance, said arm having at its outer end a finger, c,projecting upward and forward. At the junction of the arm a and finger 0is a ring, (1, hung to the arm, to which ring a cord, e, is fastened.The cord 6 passes through the outer link of a chain, f, whose inner linkis secured to the car I) at a point directly beneath the arm a. Thefunction of the cord 6, as shown, is to draw the end link f up over thering (I, by means of which said link is upheld on the arm a; but, whenthe finger 0 is struck by the approachin g car h, it forces back the arma, withdrawing the ring d from the chain f, so that the latter fallsupon the hook i of the car h, thus autom atically coupling the two cars.The ch ain f may be manipulated without the intervention of the cord 0,if preferred.

I claim as my invention- 1. The arm a, provided with the finger c, andcombined with the ring d and chain f, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of the foregoing with thecord e, as specified.

BETSEY ANN VVORDEN.

Witnesses:

DR. WRIGHT, FREDK. FULLER.

